Are We Coping Well with the Digital Generation? Jeongmin Yoon, Economics Intern, American University.
On March 10th, the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC, hosted the "Trust, Truth and Influence of the Digital Age" event attended by James Rubin, special envoy and coordinator of the U.S. State Department's Global Engagement Center.
The event was part of the digital diplomatic series presented by global and young diplomatic experts (YPFP) and the Italian Embassy and started by Italian Ambassador Mariangela Zappia in the United States.
Presenters talked about the role of social media platforms in fighting disinformation and how to strengthen partnerships between governments, platforms, and media to improve the quality of information and increase public confidence.
They also talked about how digital platforms have a huge influence on political power, therefore, officials from various European countries have been forced to deal with digital-related issues. Still, these issues have not been properly resolved, so they have to hire more experts to solve them.
A guest asked if government could solve this problem. I believe that the government can solve this problem positively because, over the past few years, technology has developed at an incredibly rapid pace, but the governments of each country have also developed policies accordingly.